One of the things we're trying to teach Rachel is the importance of standing up for people when they're being picked on or teased -- something I wish I had done more often when I was a kid. Actually, I was usually the one being teased. What I really wish is that I had stood up to the bullies and gathered all the other nerdy kids who didn't fit in and form a group to defeat the popular kids. You know, like in the movies.
Anyway....
Rachel had this to say the other day: "At lunch all the kids were teasing Sadie."
"What did you do?" I said.
"I tried to stop them but they didn't listen to me. Finally, Joe (the teacher) came over and stopped it. He said if anyone else teased Sadie, lunch would be scooped up and they'd find themselves in the bathroom right away."
When I pressed Rachel a little more on the teasing, she said, "They were like saying, 'ha ha ha ha.' She was trying to stop them and she was almost into tears."
I felt so sorry for Sadie but so proud of Rachel.
Today I ran into Sadie's mom, Mims, who told me that when Drew said good-bye to Rachel last week before he left for Wisconsin, Sadie was very concerned. "Who's going to take care of Rachel?" she demanded, and Mims reassured her that her mommy would.
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